A nursing home in Shawnee, Kansas may be forced to close amid financial pressures related to problems with Medicaid reimbursement that are threatening nursing homes across the state. The facility in Shawnee has been particularly hard hit. Heartland Health Monitor’s Andy Marso has more.
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